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Body copy text goes here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1592351689517-238WF5ILRVDJKOM1USZ3/annual-report-p1423939271-6-2500x1667.jpg Our Progress2 - Ivy League Summer Programs PRGS STUDENTS WERE ACCEPTED TO PROGRAMS AT EXETER, COLUMBIA, AND YALE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1592353810314-IL7UDQVHOI95TYXXEUSU/annual-report-p1423927103-6-2500x1667.jpg Our Progress2 - 100% Increase in Enrollment WE’VE GROWN TO INCLUDE A 10TH GRADE AND ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE OUR FIRST COLLEGE-BOUND CLASS IN 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1582593591228-H69P8ITHGDJQ5UAGG6SP/Girls+Sign_1.jpg Our Progress2 https://pineridgegirlsschool.org/latest-news daily 0.75 2021-10-06 https://pineridgegirlsschool.org/latest-news/2020/10/9/workshop-with-pine-ridge-girls-school-sees-robust-attendance monthly 0.5 2020-10-09 https://pineridgegirlsschool.org/latest-news/covid-brings-new-challenges-for-native-american-reservations monthly 0.5 2020-10-09 https://pineridgegirlsschool.org/latest-news/category/Category+1 monthly 0.5 https://pineridgegirlsschool.org/founders-gallery daily 0.75 2020-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1593729495497-5PZ4FN8B1J6EAGV5W0LH/Victoria_4.jpg Founders Gallery Victoria Shorr “No one stewards the earth like Native people. Empowering the voice of Lakota girls is empowering a vision of sustainability for all of us. ” In 2013, Victoria Shorr, co-founder of the Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, read several statistics about the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. One mentioned that 1-in-4 babies was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, mostly to teen mothers. The other told of the shocking number of 12-year-old girls who were walking into the woods and hanging themselves. She decided to do the one thing she could— found a college-prep girls' school on the Pine Ridge Reservation. A critically acclaimed novelist and Girls’ Education activist, Victoria herself is the product of an all-women’s education as an alumna of Wellesley College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1593729495497-5PZ4FN8B1J6EAGV5W0LH/Victoria_4.jpg Founders Gallery Victoria Shorr “No one stewards the earth like Native people. Empowering the voice of Lakota girls is empowering a vision of sustainability for all of us. ” In 2013, Victoria Shorr, co-founder of the Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, read several statistics about the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. One mentioned that 1-in-4 babies was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, mostly to teen mothers. The other told of the shocking number of 12-year-old girls who were walking into the woods and hanging themselves. She decided to do the one thing she could— found a college-prep girls' school on the Pine Ridge Reservation. A critically acclaimed novelist and Girls’ Education activist, Victoria herself is the product of an all-women’s education as an alumna of Wellesley College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1592356488169-2Q8YRCVKGR2T5U6D35EB/Ethleen_1.jpg Founders Gallery Ethleen Iron Cloud-Two Dogs “Women are the backbone of the Lakota Nation.” A Lakota visionary and educator, Ethleen joined Victoria Shorr and Carole Goldberg as PRGS co-founders and worked with other Native educators to define what a truly empowering education would look like for the girls of the Pine Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1592356484589-ORZWZ1BARRHIMPQXXU7T/Carole_1.jpg Founders Gallery Carole Goldberg “This school is nothing short of a miracle.” One of UCLA’s first female faculty members in 1972, Carole served as associate dean of the law school, chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, and UCLA vice chancellor for academic personnel. She also founded and ran the university’s joint J.D./M.A. degree in American Indian Studies and the law school’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center. President Obama appointed her to serve on the Indian Law and Order Commission, created by Congress to investigate and report on tribal community safety and justice. She has also written several books and co-authored Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law, the definitive treatise in the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1592963293000-EG6OTM6GWZL96HC432GI/C.J.jpg Founders Gallery C.J. Dempsey “I knew the school was on the precipice of something profound.” Originally from the Flathead Reservation in NW Montana, C.J. has a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University, and an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from The New School. She currently works as an Associate Director at HERS -- an organization dedicated to closing the gender equity gap of leadership within higher education. C.J. helped lead the founding business plan for Pine Ridge Girls’ School, which included a needs assessment of the community and research of comparable school models. https://pineridgegirlsschool.org/head-of-school daily 0.75 2020-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1594403815753-QMSC2Z3ATI6RBL25T29W/April%2BJohmston.jpg Head of School April Johnston “Our indigenous students’ strength will always be the light that drives this work. We owe it to them and their ancestors to continue to make this world a better place for our indigenous students.” A native of the Navajo Nation and the Annishnaabe Nation, April graduated from Columbia University and began her career in teaching as a Teach for America Corp Member in South Dakota. Later she earned her Masters in Education, MEd, Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of South Dakota. She joined Anpo Wicahpi as the instructional director before becoming Head of School. Driven to close the academic disparity in indigenous communities, she continues to work towards educational equity at Anpo Wicahpi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1594403815753-QMSC2Z3ATI6RBL25T29W/April%2BJohmston.jpg Head of School April Johnston “Our indigenous students’ strength will always be the light that drives this work. We owe it to them and their ancestors to continue to make this world a better place for our indigenous students.” A native of the Navajo Nation and the Annishnaabe Nation, April graduated from Columbia University and began her career in teaching as a Teach for America Corp Member in South Dakota. Later she earned her Masters in Education, MEd, Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of South Dakota. She joined Anpo Wicahpi as the instructional director before becoming Head of School. Driven to close the academic disparity in indigenous communities, she continues to work towards educational equity at Anpo Wicahpi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/576b5b63d482e9c2ed0e8684/1596133181477-KSEY91LS8A0YY53FCHCB/April%2BJohnston_1.jpg Head of School April Johnston “We need to continue to empower our indigenous girls to become profound leaders in their community to see the change this world needs.” April is a native educator from the Navajo Nation and Anishinaabe of the Sagkeeng First Nation. She received her bachelor’s degree in Human Rights and anthropology from Columbia University. She was a Teach for America Corps Member and taught on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for five years. In 2017, she completed her master’s degree in education administration and became the Instructional Director at Pine Ridge Girls’ School. 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